80s

“Born Today” Pia Mia (19) Katrina Bowden (27) Danielle Panabaker (28) Lydia Hearst-Shaw (31) Eva Marie (31) Kevin Zegers (31) Tegan and Sara Quin (35) Noémie Lenoir (36) Ramin Karimloo (37) Carter Oosterhouse (39) Alison Sweeney (39) Jimmy Fallon (41) Victoria Silvstedt (41) Stephanie J Block (43) Sanaa Lathan (44) Soledad O’Brien (49) Kim Richards (51) Trisha Yearwood (51) Jarvis Cocker (52) Cheri Oteri (53) Mario Batali (55) Lita Ford (57) Rex Smith (60) Nile Rodgers (63) Joan Lunden (65) Twiggy (66) Sally Potter (66) Jeremy Irons (67) Freda Payne (73) Paul Hamilton Williams (76) David McCallum (82) Adam West (87) Rosemary Harris (88) James Lipton (89) “Died Today” Eve March (Born: September 27, 1910 / Died: September 19, 1974) Orville Redenbacher (Born: July 16, 1907 / Died: September 19, 1995) Skeeter Davis (Born: December 30, 1931 / Died: September 19, 2004) “Movies” 1968 - Hot Millions 1980 - The Exterminator 1980 - Melvin and Howard 1984 - Amadeus 1986 - The Men’s Club 1990 - Goodfellas 1997 - L.A. Confidential 1997 - In & Out 1997 - Wishmaster “Music” 1960 - Brook Benton’s “Kiddio” was the #1 song on the R&B chart 1960 - Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” was the #1 song https://youtu.be/xbK0C9AYMd8 1964 - Dean Martin’s “Everybody Loves Somebody” was the #1 song for the 8th week on the Easy Listening chart 1964 - The Animals still had the #1 song with “House of the Rising Sun” 1968 - “Born to be Wild” by Steppenwolf became Gold https://youtu.be/8Ze949XZoTA 1969 - Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Bad Moon Rising was the #1 song in the U.K. The band also released “Fortunate Son/Down on the Corner” 1970 - Anne Murray’s “Snowbird” was #1 on the Easy Listening chart 1970 - “Fire and Rain” by James Taylor reached #50 on the chart 1970 - “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” became Diana Ross’s first #1 as a solo artist https://youtu.be/pEnKEcBvBvw 1970 - Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Cosmo’s Factory spent its 5th week as the #1 album 1974 - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band welcomed a new drummer, Max Weinberg 1974 - The first album from Bad Company reached Gold 1974 - Eric Clapton’s “I Shot the Sheriff” reached Gold 1975 - Queen signed John Reid as manager 1977 - The Bee Gees released “How Deep Is Your Love” https://youtu.be/XpqqjU7u5Yc 1978 - Linda Ronstadt released Living in the U.S.A. 1981 - The Rolling Stones had the #1 album with Tattoo You 1981 - “Endless Love” by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie remained the #1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart 1981 - Dan Fogelberg’s “Hard to Say” went from #45 to #29 1983 - Billy Joel released “Uptown Girl” https://youtu.be/TsKxrPP1WWo 1987 - Michael Jackson’s “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” was the #1 song on the R&B chart 1987 - The Dirty Dancing Soundtrack was the #1 album 1987 - Whitney Houston’s “Didn’t We Almost Have It All” reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart https://youtu.be/i_4PlM85NJo 1988 - Bon Jovi released New Jersey 1989 - Janet Jackson released Rhythm Nation 1814 1992 - Don Henley and Patty Smyth’s collaboration “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough” reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart https://youtu.be/qdzbjUWu2VU 1992 - Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road” spent its 6th week at #1 1998 - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was the #1 album “TV/Radio” 1955 - NBC aired the play Our Town and Frank Sinatra performed “Love and Marriage” 1963 - The Jimmy Dean Show aired on ABC 1970 - The Mary Tyler Moore Show premiered on CBS https://youtu.be/O4XHXeiMRSk 1971 - NBC aired Goin’ Back to Indiana which featured The Jackson 5 1981 - HBO aired Simon & Garfunkel’s The Concert in Central Park in front of 750,000 fans 1989 - Doogie Howser, M.D. premiered on ABC 1994 - ER premiered on NBC https://youtu.be/T5a8Bkl3gks “Other Important Events…” 1947 - Jackie Robinson was named Rookie of the Year